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Re:Australian political activist targeted by opposition part... by femto on Thursday September 05, 2013 @08:09AM (#6333590)
Isn't that the idea of releasing policy so close to the election: not giving people time to read it properly?
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Re:Australian political activist targeted by opposition part... by toyg on Thursday September 05, 2013 @08:16AM (#6333623)
No, it's just about having something you can point to when a pesky journalist is making too many questions: "oh, it's all in the manifesto|whitepaper, please look it up". Those docs are written by unpaid interns and forgotten a minute after ballot boxes close.
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Re:Australian political activist targeted by opposition part... by jacques_chester on Thursday September 05, 2013 @08:17AM (#6333627)
... it got read.
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